Butterfly eggs and caterpillar survival - Life in the Undergrowth - BBC Attenborough

[CityLights452]

Haha it'd be funny if bugs had soap operas... Mr. Wasp tries to get with Ms. Blue Butterfly and then after they have sex they flip thru their old photo albums and find out they were both in the same AntHill nursey... they're half siblings! Dun dun dun! Can love conquer? . . . Ya I've got too much time on my hands :/

[sharartie]

so how does the wasp knows which ant nest is the butterfly catterpillars?

Indeed it is God who commands it.

[persephoneo]

wasps are mean!

[x3IceJubei]

One question, How did these people film those ants in their nest?!

[Skorpi00007]

@x3IceJubei They either set build the nest them self with cameras and than add an ant colony in there or they used tiny cameras and pushed them into the nest for clear view. However they did definitely put the larvae in front of the ant colony to pick it up and also released a wasp nearby to invade the nest

[ungertron]

OMG how can evolution step by step do these things - so did the Blue Butterfly have eggs that by chance have a sent that was identical to ant eggs, ok that seems possible then, by chance, the larva smelled like the ants - yea if the egg smells like an ant egg the larva would smell like an ant yes - but how the hell did the wasp step by step evolve the mind altering chemical to make the ants fight each other and how could it evolve to find the victim larva in a red ant nest by chance??

[brysonp62]

@ungertron its not by chance, evolution is guided by a process known as natural selection. sort of like an invisible hand guiding which mutations are kept and which are not. just wanted to say it isnt by chance, this isnt meant to be disrespectful or aggressive in anyway.

[chantimothy]

At the end the wasp goes: sup bitches... Gonna steal all yo larvae

[tiapon]

in the end the wasp like raising his eyeborws 'wacha think?? huh? u like that?'

[sumantirukovela]

so the ants take care of the lava , clean them , feed them and on fine day a butterfly and a wasp comes out of it , ants like r we being deceived wtf just happened amazing nature

[arhlimpapa]

The Law of Cause and Effect! Thou reap what you sow! Manifestation of Karmic retribution! Evil shall get evil! So do more good things in Life!

[JaMzBoT500]

That is TRUELY AMAZING!!!

[xXDarkMidnightSunXx]

I didn't know ant larva made sounds until just now.

[plokko1]

...insect complexity simply owns human technology!

[ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Please ask Sir David Attenborough to get in touch to save our school butterfly meadow. This school butterfly meadow is the reason we have coloured butterflies in the Bont today. Six years of nothing then last year it all changed thanks to the school. There is a Facebook page called Help Save Pontarddulais Primary School Field. Butterflies are the symbol of appreciation. Lets save them!

[AstroBeatsProduction]

show me your teeth!

[fibsify]

dude that's sad because they use the ants thumbs up if your a ant lover

[babiivi3tlove18]

That's so creepy. I was expecting a second butterfly.. but no. It was a wasp :/ 

[TheTeddybearmonster]

THAT COOL but  I HATE ANT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[0369A9630]

If interested . . this video on YouTube has some amazing facts about certain animals. The title is: "Amazing creatures that defy evolution".

[SaffyRocks]

Holy hell, life is amazing.

[Roy4brawl]

Your metapod just evolved into a ... Beedrill?

[shazzy544]

I dont get why the wasp doesnt just inject the larva be4 the ants find them

[EverybodysGrudge]

Nature is scary but fucking amazing.

[iBischoff]

did the wasp lay the egg INSIDE the larva of one of the caterpillars in the care of the ants and the wasp larva ate the caterpillar larva during pupa stage or did the wasp simply lay eggs ON the larva and the larva was not harmed. did the first invading wasp's planted eggs kill the caterpillar in order to hatch?

[TheArchaeFiend]

Thats incredible!

[saaanid9]

i m not going to touch Butterflies again!!

[Cheesetoon]

4:43, MOTHRA!!!!!!!!! now go fight a lizard and call it godzilla!

[instirahul]

stunning!

[jacobpaprotskiy]

it is amazing how specialized the insects are and all based on the ant if it disappears the butterfly and the wasp will probably go as well...

[justmedawg]

wasps are such trolls >:D

[BigAlUpdates]

Fucking miracles.

Magic everywhere in this bitch.

[peanutkirby]

SO MUCH INSECT DRAMAAAAAA!!!!

[Skorpi00007]

i wonder what exacltey happened when the wasp injected an egg/. did the egg slowly consumed the larve while in a cocoon?

[MsHbX]

1 cm camera?

[KikyouLove]

although its intruding but its beautiful for the bluebutterfly,like a family unlike the wasp being so extra

[xiongkeng]

I didn't know Confuse Ray was real in life.

[DerrickNX]

cause them to attack each other? insects are more advance in technology then us.

[CharleySunshine]

Another priceless Video by Attenboroug and the BBC !!

[SlitMouthWoman]

Caterpiller: AGH! put me now!

[hoony915]

God is good.. takes cares of the beautiful things xD

[olyfag]

@hoony915

Yeah, like the millions of starving children. Good care.

[ladydro415]

ants are dumb lol

[transdrole]

So you wrap yourself up into a nice blanket and go to sleep. But DUH DUN DUHHHHH there's something eating you from the inside out!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BangkokPalace]

the catipillar is cute

[ShotUrGoldFish]

ants are so cute

[crispysmith11]

At 4:38 the ants were saying, "WTF?"

[vulkein]

what a fucking BA wasp!

[missismercury]

wow, amazing

[aznchan]

omg the ants take care of other larva

[MrHpw19e]

Its like the wasp is humping the caterpillar. lol

[Wulvez]

howd the get the cameraa this close

[MsLiew1901]

Ant : Oh there you are let me take you back to the nest where you belong .

Caterpillar : Ok ( What an idiot ).

[Pauldy15]

Butterfly life cycle

[chase1146]

damb nature, you scary

[lightlittlebrownboy]

The Wasp-

Natures Douchebag

[whattthebeep]

God is amazing!

[Travisdjtg]

Mind = Blown

[xjavex]

These insects are quite complex. Although their life is simply a cycle of producing babies and growing into adulthood, their unique way of doing so is quite amazing. These insects are quite bizarre and very amusing. It is quite beautiful how nature makes these adaptations.

[IAmGunzNoob]

how did the caterpillar turn to a wasp?

[MrRyanGC]

Try watching the video, it answers your question.

[IAmGunzNoob]

watched the video a numerous of times...is it cos the wasp injects egg into the caterpillar? but how does the caterpillar turn to a wasp?

[CrichtonSphere]

@IAmGunzNoob The wasp larva eats the caterpillar when the caterpillar is inside the chrysalis

[chantimothy]

wow... sir david so travel and see A LOT of things...... i really think that he wouldn't regret a bit when he eventually dies... he sure does contribute to us the most amazing documentry.....

[chantimothy]

the blue butterfly is so beautiful..

[miaufun]

is it me or the wasp is raping the catterpillars ?!

ps: the blue butterflies look beautiful

pss:nature can be a bitch sometimes

[r0galik]

@miaufun nature's a bitch

[youknowImsaying]

the video is fake!!!!!!!

[alithomson]

@youknowImsaying Are you fucking kidding?

[Coolreject]

holy shit a wasp that can cast a confusion spell

[miaufun]

Coolreject the wasp has to tell me to make ants go away from my pool

[ErichoTTA]

Those are some crafty animals.

[elzymar]

Epic much, Lol

[chicanice201]

cool

[ChaseMalase]

That is amazing, poor catapillars though.

[haibuihoang]

Wow I've never known that ants have sound !!

[Riyuzakisan]

those larva almost sounded like chickens clucking

[dirtyhyde8]

Seeing the wasp "raping" the caterpillars was very arousing.

[youknowImsaying]

you fake

[Ermandfa]

amazing

[HeadofIbis]

How unforgiving is nature, and how weak we humans are, when we are born we cannot discern between ourselves and the outside world, cannot walk, cannot speak, and this little wasp comes out of the chrysallis and is all powerful and ready to fly away in an instant and begin an adult life.

[zomgbbqwth]

there was once a very huge wings flapping into my house through the window~ i wacked it with a stack of rolled newspaper~ it fell onto the floor and out came hundreds of green balls and i realised it was a mama butterfly trying to lay her eggs in my house~ i felt so sad suddenly and i pray to GOD to ask her to forgive me~ T_T

i still feel very sad~

[Vaporifix]

Wow, I seriously thought I'd seen most bizarre insect behavior. I mean it's like deception on top of deception. What's really intriguing is thinking how these relationships developed and what evolutionary process led them to behave this way.

[MrDogbiscut]

@Vaporifix i totally agree - i was just thinking exactly that throughout the whole video then at the end i saw your comment and it was like you took the words out my head lol - i LOVE this channel - David Attenborough is a LEDGEND

[KoopmanG]

I love how the wasp brings justice to the freeloading caterpillars by having her eggs freeload in them without having to harm the ants too much. :D

[bpomatto]

capture the larva/capitiler

[eap7mm]

I love this series! My advanced biology teacher showed my class david's videos all the time and they were so amazing!

[IceTeaEdwin]

DAMN NATURE!

You scary :/

[JGL3]

Demn that was a funny post xD

Family Guy rocks

[powereater]

lol why is everyone hating on the wasp? The butterfly is the reall asshole, exploiting the kind ants. The wasp is just carrying out a little vigilante justice that's all.

[ting1337]

Haha I never saw it that way but now that you point it out I kinda understand.

[Kamfrenchie]

@powereater

well the caterpilar just kinda steal some food and protection, they don'tt kil othr larvaaes, wasps do.

[WinterBorn121]

i feel sry for the catterpillar and its kinda cute even though im a worm phobic -_-'

but yea the wasp was only being a good mother

[DeiMinRaZe]

kyuuu,,,

mommy ants...

[Airsoft9eleven]

for all you people that think wat the wasp did was cruel its not its nature

but if you thik its discusting or cheap i agree

[frusciante123]

the wasps are absolute bastards!

[frontlinefascias]

OMG!

[MrsLittleE]

ew....... weird... ish good .. ish..

[000Sputnik]

lol 4:18 the crysalis looks like a dick.

[anhtran]

that is incredible. It implants its eggs into a caterpiller and the egg takes over and is born as a wasp. Imagine a wasp did that to a pregnant woman and she gives births to a wasp. This is the exact same thing just on a much smaller scale. Truly amazing!

[MarcAzzopardi]

ALIEN Episode '0' .... So that's where they get the ideas for movies!! :-)

[adamjlynch]

That part with the wasp creeping up and touching the caterpillar all over with its antennae is friggin creepy!

[treeman2007]

it's called molesting lool

[jbclan]

I never know that this was the way butterflys where "made", its amazing:D

[andrewsandjonsey]

not all butterflies are made that way some make crysalis' on branches

[Parkjisung91]

why did ants nurture the caterpillars brought in and let it grow till blue butterfly?

[dtdurr]

1:17 tells you why.  The pheromones and sounds the caterpillars make.

[Parkjisung91]

thanks, how interesting this caterpillar is.

But the wasp is scary..

[andrewsandjonsey]

because of the pheramone ants are pretty stupid most of thier activity territory and enimies/friends are based on smell

[Budzi08]

my friend, Ants are far from stupid. they are one of the most clever animals on the earth

[LinWilliam]

nature is so amazing!!

[alcibiade666]

LOL I love the sound the larvae do when they beg for food! "Yo! Gimme food bitch! I'm hungry!"

[Drogba2108]

OMG RAPE xD

[girlrock555]

OMG. i wouldnt dare hold ants like how david did in this vid!!!

[Budzi08]

i have a colony of 300 of these plus 4 queens. they are called myrmica rubra

[HanakoFujita]

I wanna take that wasp and squish it!! When he layed an egg in those two caterpillar, that must of hurt man! :P

[cosmiccocoon]

not a HE, its a SHE. she laid the eggs, the wasps are i believe parasitic.

[Omega1818]

a wasp injects an egg into the caterpillars body, so when the it makes the cacoon the baby wasp eats the caterpillar from the inside out, sad i kno...

[saadi9111]

ZZFreedomGundom the wasp came out of the the butterfly Chrisalis because another wasp layed eggs inside the caterpillar and I think that the caterpillar died beacause it had a wasp growing inside of it.

[kowalityjesus]

the grubs are so cute, look at its little feet at 3:33

[newphew92]

at first I thought a freaking wasp was gonna burst outta the blue butterfly

[Horrormane]

The wasp "baby" ate the butterfly that was in the chrysalids and grew inside it.

[powereater]

WASP=facehuggers

[kleash]

wow that was twisted

[crimsonlung]

how the fuck do you get footage like this?

[jesus91jimenez]

shit, thats what i want to know...

[supersonicchair]

Crazy fascinating.

[Ikimono]

love this guys voice. he can take the creepiest, coolest, or blandest things and make them fascinating.

[EVILGOKUGUANACO]

Nature is so amazing

[sasusakulover3658]

why can't the wasps lay eggs in an ant larva??

[gythwulf]

Too small I suspect.

[sasusakulover3658]

lol, oh

[ZeroHourComes]

if this is what happens on earth, imagine what happens 5 trillion miles away.

[Bestow3000]

I don't get it,why would the ants keep a caterpillar and an emty cacoon.Oh BTW the ants and the caterpillar looks cute on your hand.

[jinzu]

i don't get it, so do the caterpillars injected with the wasp eggs turn into wasps? o__o

[dtdurr]

no. the wasp grubs hatch and eat the caterpillars from the inside.

[flash06]

amazing, especially how the caterpillar mimic the sounds!

[jonnehx9]

it keeps me awake at night wondering how the fuck they manages to get cameras down there :S

[bratzboi]

i ALWAYS wanted to know hot they film this too!

[undyingwildo]

true true i think they use something similar to what they use during surgery

[bratzboi]

for you people who think the ants are HURTING the caterpillars, they're taking care of them like foster parents. the WASPS are hurting them.

[tunenas]

imposter caterpillars

[SoCyurious]

run caterpillar run!

[Flighn]

I am always amazed at how they film this.

[Christellaursen]

That's just creepy... yuk... :)

[fongshi]

awesome^^

[bagasstube]

Ants are like the undergrowth slaves

[IFuckUBitch]

maybe we can turn those evil American's children into sheep lol

[MtnGirl26]

Nature never ceases to amaze me. Fantastic video!

[boymoni24]

yeah...masarap! Alaska men!

[jcmegabyte]

Excellent footage and documentary! It's surprising that so many members of the family Lyceanidae have symbiotic-ish relationships with ants. I'm surprised there wasn't something related to "honeydew" excretion. Anyway - great show! :D

[justice146]

That is the job perhaps of a different species of ant that literally "farms" honeydew excretion from aphids.

[jcmegabyte]

I think so. This is the first I've heard of larvae using pheromone instead of food to put the ants to work! Tricky little bugs :-)

[redhelldevil]

first comment and fuck ya!!